For Catholics the ‘works’ of the sacraments necessarily involved the physical rituals prescribed by the Church.

The liturgicals saw the road to salvation in joining the particular church, obeying its rituals, and making use of its sacraments; the individual was not alone with only his emotions and the state to protect him.

A woman who decides not to observe the rituals and customs dictated by religion has always been seen as a harbinger of conflict, disorder and pain within a family.

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There were no ritually prescribed daily prayers for which one had to prepare oneself by ritual cleansing.

Traditional carvers would regard their wood splitting as evidence of malignant spirits and would be careful to ritually burn or bury an abandoned sculpture; to simply throw it away would be to risk nightmares and illness.

Maya altars, we have seen, were constructions of ritually assembled goods.